Klaus Kinski

Acting · Born 1926-10-18

Biography

Nikolaus Karl Günther Nakszyński, best known as Klaus Kinski (18 October 1926 – 23 November 1991), was a German actor. He appeared in over 130 films, and is perhaps best-remembered as a leading role actor in Werner Herzog films: Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972), Nosferatu (1979), Woyzeck (1979), Fitzcarraldo (1982) and Cobra Verde (1987). Description above from the Wikipedia article Klaus Kinski, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

• Doctor Zhivago as Kostoyed Amourski
• Aguirre, the Wrath of God as Don Lope de Aguirre
• Nosferatu the Vampyre as Count Dracula
• My Best Fiend as Self (archive footage)
• The Great Silence as Loco (Tigrero)
• Fitzcarraldo as Fitzcarraldo
• For a Few Dollars More as Juan Wild - The Hunchback
• That Most Important Thing: Love as Karl-Heinz Zimmer
• Woyzeck as Friedrich Johann Franz Woyzeck
• Secret of the Red Orchid as Steve

TV

• The Hitchhiker as Kurt Hoffman
• Am laufenden Band as Self - Guest
• Faerie Tale Theatre as Beast
• German Film Award as Self
• Les Rendez-vous du dimanche as Self
• NDR Talk Show as Self
• Na sowas! as Self
• Die Drehscheibe as Self